/*
 * Copyright 2009 Armando Blancas
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package taskgraph.ports;

/**
 * Common interface for all ports.
 * 
 * @author Armando Blancas
 *
 */
public interface Port {

	/**
	 * Closes the port and it may no longer be used.
	 * 
	 * <p>Closing a port is a resource-management function that requires no
	 * actual I/O and therefore this call won't throw an IOException.
	 */
	public void close();
	
}
